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From: aa4lr@arrl.net (Bill Coleman)
Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2001 09:32:15 -0400
On 7/12/01 8:34 PM, Eugene Jensen at eugenejensen@nyc.rr.com wrote:

>I have located 1/4 wall 4130N mast in Pa and don't want to go thought the
>heart burn of having it galvanized. I have some two part epoxy PPG
>industrial paint that left over from a HV switchgear building project that 3
>years later looks like the day it was painted.

How did you paint the INSIDE of the mast?

>Any thought on the doing it this way because I seem to remember powder
>coating was another way of doing it. Tx Gene K2QWD

Powder coating is one of the toughest finishes you can put on steel.

Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL        Mail: aa4lr@arrl.net
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